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NCAA Pick ems 2011

30A Skunkape avatar
Skunky
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Thanks to the generous volunteering of time by Beach Runner and cnestg8r and by popular demand, the picking contest is back in 2011! So far as I know the format will be the same as it has been in years past-I will look for guidelines to be announced by the aformentioned Gator fans soon. Hard to believe this will be year five! Wow! As a reminder, please, we all know half the fun of football is razzing the opponents regarding their shortcomings and expanding team rap sheets-but please try to keep that activity in the NCAA Battlezone thread and keep the picking thread mostly about picking, although discussion regarding picks and performance does add to the picking thread, in my opinion.

With that said, get ready and keep an eye on this thread for the game to hatch! I'm hoping for another great year of SOWAL football funn! GEAUX (insert your team name here)!:cool:



1. The games for each week's SoWal Pick'em will be posted on or before Monday evenings
2. The deadline for making your pick for any game is 9 AM Central Time on date of that game.
3. Anyone who misses the deadline (as defined in #2 above) will forfeit all games not picked for that date.
4. Any changes after a pick is made must appear in a new post, not in an edited prior post, and by 9 AM Central Time for the date of the game for which your pick is changed. Failure to do this will result in your change being invalid.
5. Each correct pick earns one point.
6. The winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person who has the most points, not the highest percentage of correct picks.
7. Bonus questions may be included later in the season in case a tie-breaker is needed. The points from these questions will not be added to a picker's total points for the season.
8. Leaders for each week, for the regular season, and for the bowl games will be recognized. However, the winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person with the most wins for the season, including bowl games.

Happy picking!:wave:

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Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#927
Woo-hoo!
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#928
Woo-hoo!

Lucky you, you're at the top in the bowl picks! You've de-throned Kurt. But Iris still has the overall point lead, no surprise there. I still have a few chances left to move up. 15 is better than the 23 I was at. Should have known better than to go with Stanford on the most field goals. That guy for Sanford couldn't hit the side of a barn. There were at least 5 close games that did not go my way, if not 6. And these teams had chances to win them but blew those chances. Thanks.

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Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#929
Michigan needs to win this game, please! I really could use this one! The way their defense is playing so sorry though I can probably expect to not get this one! C'mon Michigan.
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#930
I'm #2 now. YAY!
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#931
Thank you Michigan. Finally reached 20 pts. You're kicking butt and taking names BR.
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#932
Thank you Michigan. Finally reached 20 pts. You're kicking butt and taking names BR.
LOL. It's nice being married to the greatest husband in the world and an Excel genius. So even though the picks were in weeks ago, he has the inside information on rankings. It's all "in the sunshine," so everyone is free to compile the thousands of picks that have been made since August.

BTW I made my bowl picks without any of his input because he was in Australia.
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#933
I found I did better without the usual input I've gotten year to year. I did it entirely on my own this year.
cnestg8r avatar
Beach Fanatic
#934
Wth 6 Bowl Points left....

By now you all know how to read the results. Note that Iris grew to a 5 point lead by Skunky's loss that also allowed BR to catch him. If Iris lost all of the remaining games, she would still be our Grand Champion! :clap:

We had 6,454 picks on 253 games + bonus points.

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Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#935
West Virginia kicked Clemson's tail. When we took the dog to the park there was 7 minutes left in the second quarter, West Virginia was up 24-20, Clemson had the ball deep in West Virginia territory, when we got back, it was 49-20 West Virginia at the half. Don't know what I missed but it was a lot. The 3rd quarter was barely under way. Unbelievable game. There have been some high score games.
Abby Prentiss avatar
Beach Fanatic
#936
The ACC appears to be a basketball league.
Arkiehawg avatar
Beach Fanatic
#937
The ACC appears to be a basketball league.

If VA Tech and Clemson is the best in the ACC, then the conference should announce they are quitting foosball and focus on B-ball....

FSU should be begging the SEC for a spot....
30A Skunkape avatar
SkunkyAuthor
#938
By now you all know how to read the results. Note that Iris grew to a 5 point lead by Skunky's loss that also allowed BR to catch him. If Iris lost all of the remaining games, she would still be our Grand Champion! :clap:

We had 6,454 picks on 253 games + bonus points.


Who did Iris pick to win the National Championship game?:popcorn::biggrin::clap::up:
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#939
Who did Iris pick to win the National Championship game?:popcorn::biggrin::clap::up:
:lol: I guessed LSU before I looked it up. I was right.
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#940
Sure hope Arkansas can beat Kansas State tonight.
Beach Comber
#941
Roll tide! Get em boys!
30A Skunkape avatar
SkunkyAuthor
#942
:lol: I guessed LSU before I looked it up. I was right.
Yep. No need to watch the game. Gal has ESP. Just another Monday night.
cnestg8r avatar
Beach Fanatic
#943
I guess everyone knows that there is a four-way tie for bowl champion with three points left. They are:
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[TD]
Beach Runner[/TD]
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[TD]kurt[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Everytime[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Jerry Lewis

In case a tie exists at the end, we need each of these four to post a total point prediction for the championship game. If we don't get all four posts, it will remain a tie. Please encourage all four to post.

There is also a different four-way tie for overall second, but we will let that ride.[/TD]
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Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#944
There are 3 choices left in the pick'ems, each with two possibilities. So that's 2x2x2=8 scenarios.

For the bowl winners, the possibilities (in alphabetical order) are Beach Runner, Everytime, Jerry Lewis, and kurt. Iris is the overall season winner and can't be caught. The possbilities for second place as the season winners are (in lexicographical order) 30A Skunkape, Beach Runner, Lady D, Miss Kitty, PearlsB4U, and Red Dawg.

:wave:
Everytime avatar
Beach Fanatic
#945
I'm hoping that UA showed some offensive improvement against AU. I'm predicting:

THE UNIVERSITY OFALABAMA 21
Louisiana State University 13
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#946
I'm hoping that UA showed some offensive improvement against AU. I'm predicting:

THE UNIVERSITY OFALABAMA 21
Louisiana State University 13
Okay, so you are predicting that the total number of points in the game will be 34.

I predict 40.

Cnestg8r, if no one in a tie situation predicts the exact number of points scored in the game, is the winner the one who picked closest to the exact number of points? And, let's say that 38 points are scored in the game and one person in the tie picks 40 and the other picks 36. Do we just leave it as a tie? I think so. But then I'm prejudiced.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO CONTACT JERRY LEWIS? HE CAN'T BE PM'D.
Everytime avatar
Beach Fanatic
#947
Okay, so you are predicting that the total number of points in the game will be 34.

Yes, my bad, I mis-read the tiebreaker. I just used the same tiebreaker I used on the ESPN Bowl Mania pick 'em. 34 total is correct.
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#948
Yes, my bad, I mis-read the tiebreaker. I just used the same tiebreaker I used on the ESPN Bowl Mania pick 'em. 34 total is correct.
No problem.

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Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#949
Thank you Northern Illinois.
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#950
Thank you Northern Illinois.
Gee, thanks for messing me up, Arkansas State. :pissed:

After last night Everytime, Jerry Lewis, kurt, and I are still in the running for bowl champ, and Lady D and Miss Kitty are in the running for #2 overall (30A Skunkape, PearlsB4U, Red Dawg and I are no longer in contention for number 2). Congrats to the contenders and, of course, to the overall winner Iris.
Kurt avatar
Admin
#951
Okay, so you are predicting that the total number of points in the game will be 34.

I predict 40.

Cnestg8r, if no one in a tie situation predicts the exact number of points scored in the game, is the winner the one who picked closest to the exact number of points? And, let's say that 38 points are scored in the game and one person in the tie picks 40 and the other picks 36. Do we just leave it as a tie? I think so. But then I'm prejudiced.

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What is the answer?

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